These worldly ranks I scorn and flout!"

"Of course," the agent said, "no doubt."

"Yet I might show these men of birth

The hollowness of rank on earth."

The agent answered, "Very true—

But I should not, if I were you."

"Who sells this rich advowson, pray?"

The agent winked—it was his way—

"His name is Hart; 'twixt me and you,